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id: c581dce0-fcc1-49f9-b69b-2410630c0dba
title: promote
slug: /node/reference/video/room-session/promote
description: promote method for the RoomSession class.
max-toc-depth: 3
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[link-2]: /docs/server-sdk/v3/node/reference/video/room-session/demote

### promote

* **promote**(`params`): `Promise<void>`

Promotes a participant from "audience" to "member". See [demote][link-2].

#### Parameters

| Name                     | Type                                        | Description                                                                                                       |
| :----------------------- | :------------------------------------------ | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `params`                 | `Object`                                    | -                                                                                                                 |
| `params.memberId`        | `string`                                    | Id of the audience participant to promote.                                                                        |
| `params.joinAudioMuted?` | `boolean`                                   | Force the member's audio to be muted right after the promotion.                                                   |
| `params.joinVideoMuted?` | `boolean`                                   | Force the member's video to be muted right after the promotion.                                                   |
| `params.mediaAllowed?`   | `"all"` \| `"audio-only"` \| `"video-only"` | Specifies the media that the client will be allowed to *send*. A member participant can always receive all media. |
| `params.meta?`           | `Record``<string, unknown>`                 | Metadata to assign to the member.                                                                                 |
| `params.permissions?`    | `string[]`                                  | List of permissions to grant when the Audience participant will become a Member.                                  |

#### Returns

`Promise<void>`

#### Example

```javascript
await roomSession.promote({
  memberId: "de550c0c-3fac-4efd-b06f-b5b8614b8966",
  mediaAllowed: "all",
  permissions: [
    "room.self.audio_mute",
    "room.self.audio_unmute",
    "room.self.video_mute",
    "room.self.video_unmute",
    "room.list_available_layouts",
  ],
});
```